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GOMBI NED SHOULDER BEACH ANDSUSPENDER.

No..25 7 ,696. q Patented M'ayQ, I882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN D. HANBURY AND CHARLES H. CLIFTON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.; SAID CLIFTONASSIGNOR TO SAID HANBURY.

' COMBINED SHOULDER-BRACE AND SUSPEND EH8.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,696, dated May 9,18182.

7 Application filed March 3, 1889.. (Model) To all whom it may concern:7 Be it known that we, JOHN D. HANBURY and CHARLES H. CLIFTON, of thecity, county, and State of New York, have invented an Improved CombinedShoulder-Brace and Suspenders, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description. The object of our invention is to provide new andimproved suspenders for pants or un- 1o derskirts, whichsuspenders alsoserve as shoultier-braces to keep the body erect and expand the chest.

- The invention consists in a combined shoulder-brace and suspenders,formed of two supx porting bands or straps united by two back bands orstraps and provided with arm bands or straps, whereby the pants orskirts are supported and the body is held erect and the chest expanded.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming partof thisspecification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figurel is a perspective rear view of our 2 5 improved combinedsuspenders and shoulder,

3 5 bands B, which bands B are adapted to pass under the arms of thewearer, these bands or straps B forming arm-loops with the upper partsof the bands or straps A, as shown. Straps or hands C, provided with abuckle, D,-

o or other adjusting device, are attached at their outer ends to thebands or straps A at the same places at which the arm bands or straps Bare attached to the rear parts of these bands or straps An A shortdistance from the ends of the arm bands or straps 13, attached to therear parts of the bands or straps A, these arm bands or straps B areconnected by bands or straps E, provided with a buckle, F, or othersuitable adjusting device. The buckle D of the bands C is near one strapor band, A, and 0 the buckle F of the straps E is near the other strapor hand, F, so that the tensions of the bands 0 and IE will be inopposite directions. The bands or straps A are provided with buckles Gor other adjusting devices. Ordinary suspenderstraps, H, or safety-hooksJ, can be attached to the ends of the bands or straps H for holding thepants or skirts.

1n wearingthe combined shoulder-brace and suspenders the arms are passedthrough the arm-loops formed by the straps or bands 13, and thebands orstrapsvC and E pass over the back and can be adjusted shorter or longer,as may be required, by means of the buckles D and F.

The combined shoulder-brace and! suspenders supports pants or skirts inthe same man nor as ordinary suspenders and at the same time holds thebody erect, the chest expanded, and prevents stooping or bending of theupper part of the body, for if the upper part of the body is bentforward the tension on the lowerbands, E, is increased and pressesagainst the lower part or middle of the back, pressing the same forward,and thus causing the body to be held erect.

Having thus fully described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent-- As an article of manufacture, a combined 8cshoulder-brace and suspenders consisting of the supporting-straps A, thearm-strapsB, the adjustable transverse strap C,attached to thesupporting-straps, and the adjustable transverse strap E, attached tothe arm-straps, suh- 8 5 stantially as herein shown and described.

JOHN D. HANBUBY. CHAS. H. CLIFTON.

Witnesses OscAR F. GUNZ, O. S DGwIoK.

